Self-secured foundation

ABSTRACT

The disclosed foundation for use on a lady&#39;&#39;s head, to be covered by hair for enlarging the coiffure, has a lightweight convex plastic frame of intersecting ribs and an oval base, and an anchoring strip extending from end to end of the base. The anchoring strip has a base layer and innumerable resilient filamentary hooks, projecting from the base layer for securely holding the foundation in position, with comfort to the wearer.

United States Patent [191 Sidelman 51 Feb. 20, 1973 [54] SELF-SECURED FOUNDATION [75] Inventor: Abraham Sidelman, Manchester,

3,529,608 9/1970 Mates ..l32/40 3,126,019 3/1964 Sidelrnan 132/54 1,166,932 l/l9l6 Porter ..l32/54 Primary Examiner-Louis G. Mancene Assistant Examiner-J. N. Eskovitz Attorney-Paul S. Martin [5 7 ABSTRACT The disclosed foundation for use on a ladys head, to be covered by hair for enlarging the coiffure, has a lightweight convex plastic frame of intersecting ribs and an oval base, and an anchoring strip extending from end to end of the base. The anchoring strip has a base layer and innumerable resilient filamentary hooks, projecting from the base layer for securely holding the foundation in position, with comfort to the wearer.

9 Claims, 4 Drawing Figures SELF-SECURED FOUNDATION The invention relates to a foundation for giving a ladys coiffure increased bulk.

In use, a foundation is placed on the wearers head and usually held in place by hand while a covering layer of hair is arranged over it and secured in the desired arrangement. Foundations have also been proposed with locating teeth, but those foundations have proved either insecure or difficult to use.

An object of the present invention resides in providing a novel lightweight contoured hair-supporting foundation that is securely held in position comfortably on the wearers head, and is easily applied and removed.

The disclosed embodiment of the invention described in detail below and shown in the drawings is well suited to carry out the purposes of the invention. The illustrative embodiment is a foundation that includes a hollow form having a bulging hair-supporting portion and a frame-like base portion which, in use, rests on the wearers head. An anchoring member is secured to the base portion. The anchoring member has a base layer and innumerable projecting resilient monofilamentary hooks for secure but releasable retention in the wearers hair. The larger number of hooks involved and their resilience and their contour contribute to a cushioning quality that is comfortable to the wearer in case pressure is applied to the foundation. The base portion of the foundation is an oval frame, and the base layer of the anchoring member is a strip secured at its ends to the ends of the oval frame. Because the strip is flexible and is held taut by the oval frame, the strip tends to conform to the shape of the wearers head when the foundation is applied. The user needs no special skill. The hooks become engaged in the hair when the foundation is placed on the head. Of course, it will be understood that the features and attributes of the illustrative embodiment can be realized in foundations that are specifically different in various details, so that the foregoing brief description should not be construed as limiting the invention.

The illustrative embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a lateral view of a foundation incorporating the features of the invention;

FIG. 2 is a bottom plan view of the embodiment in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a greatly enlarged fragmentary view of part of the foundation as viewed in FIG. 1; and

FIG. 4 is an illustration of a typical manner of using the illustrative foundation.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, the foundation as shown includes a unitary bulging hollow form and an anchoring member 12. The form 10 is molded of plastic material in one piece, and is free of joints and crevices so that it is easily kept clean. Form 10 includes elongated ribs 14 and transverse ribs 16 that have integral intersections, and generally the ribs arch away from base portion 18 of form 10. Base portion 18 rests on the wearers head. In the illustrative form, base portion 18 is a generally oval frame (FIG. 2).

Anchoring member 12 in the form shown in FIG. 3 includes a base layer 20 bearing innumerable hooks 22 that are made of a filamentary plastic such as nylon. Each hook includes a portion 24 upstanding from base layer 20 and an overhang portion 26 that extends laterally from upstanding portion 24, to a free end. An

element 28 is shown below the free end of each hook, projectingfrom the base layer. The illustrated form of hook 22 is produced by a process that also yields element 28. The hooks are made by a process that involves embedding a sinuous monofilament in a newly extruded base layer so as to form projecting loops, and using a blade to cut the loops. A woven base layer, and similar hooks projecting from such woven base, as made by a well-known alternative process, can also be used effectively for present purposes.

Anchor member 12, a strip of hook-bearing material,

is secured at its ends to tabs 18a of frame 18. In use, the

member 12 is placed on the wearers hair adjacent the scalp as shown in FIG. 4, and more hair is spread over form 10.,The covering hair may be a fall or it may be the ladys own hair, or both. v

After the described foundation has been put in place, it remains in place without occupying someones hand for holding it there. The foundation can readily be positioned and repositioned if desired, and it is easily removed. The area of the anchoring member occupied by hooks provides assurance that an ample number of hooks will become engaged in the hair for securely retaining the foundation in place, while the resilience of the hooks makes it easy and painless to remove the foundation. Correspondingly, the numerous resilient filaments act as a cushion in case pressure is applied to the foundation, especially where the filaments that project farthest from the base layer are curved into hooks as shown.

The foregoing description of the foundation shown in the accompanying drawings includes a number of distinctive features and advantages, certain of which may be omitted while others are retained in modified foundations. Therefore, the invention should be construed in accordance with its full spirit and scope.

What is claimed is:

1. A foundation for giving added bulk to a ladys coiffure, including a form having a base portion adapted to rest on the wearers head the form being at least largely hollow and having a bulging portion on the base portion for supporting a covering layer of hair, the bulging portion diminishing in size outward of the base portion in one direction and in the direction transverse to said one direction, and an anchoring member secured to said base portion, said anchoring member including a base layer and a vast number of resilient filamentary projections extending generally uniformly from the surface of the base layer facing away from said bulging portion and distributed overat least a substantial part of the area of said. base layer for interengagement with hair adjacent the wearer, scalp, the resilient filamentary projections preventing shifting of the foundation and being comfortable to the wearer despite pressure that might be applied to the foundation.

2. A foundation for giving added bulk to a lady s coiffure, including a form having a base portion adapted to rest on the wearer's head, the form being at least largely hollow and having a bulging portion on the base portion for supporting a covering layer of hair, and an anchoring member secured to said base portion, said anchoring member including a base layer and a vast number of resilient filamentary projections extending generally, uniformly from the surface of the base layer facing away from said bulging portion and distributed over at least a substantial part of the area of said base layer for interengagement with hair adjacent the wearers scalp, the resilient filamentary projections preventing shifting of the foundation and being comfortable to the wearer despite pressure that might be applied to the foundation, said base layer of said anchoring part being a flexible strip, said base portion of the form being a frame and said strip being secured at its ends to said frame, the strip being flexible and unsupported within said frame, so as to conform readily to the'wearers head.

3. A foundation in accordance with claim 2, wherein said base portion is an oval frame and said strip is secured to the ends of the oval frame.

4. A foundation in accordance with claim 1, wherein said filamentary projections comprise innumerable synthetic plastic monofilamentary hooks for readily releasable retention in the wearers hair.

5 A foundation in accordance with claim 1, wherein said filamentary projections include innumerable monofilamentary hooks individually comprising a portion upstanding from said base layer and a free-ended portion extending laterally from said upstanding portion for readily releasable retention in the wearers hair.

6. A foundation in accordance with claim 1, wherein said base layer of said anchoring member is a flexible strip, said base portion of the form being a frame and said strip being secured at its ends to said frame, the strip being flexible and being unsupported within said frame, so as to conform readily to the wearers head, said filamentary projections comprising innumerable synthetic plastic monofilamentary hooks for readily releasable retention in the wearers hair.

7. A foundation in accordance with claim 2, wherein the transverse extent of said bulging portion is substantially as great as said base portion.

8. A foundation in accordance with claim 1, wherein said bulging portion is arcuately curved away from the base portion in said one direction and in said direction transverse to said one direction.

9. A foundation in accordance with claim 2, wherein the ends of said strip secured to said frame are of much smaller extent than the unsupported extent of said flexible strip within said frame. 

1. A foundation for giving added bulk to a lady''s coiffure, including a form having a base portion adapted to rest on the wearer''s head the form being at least largely hollow and having a bulging portion on the base portion for supporting a covering layer of hair, the bulging portion diminishing in size outward of the base portion in one direction and in the direction transverse to said one direction, and an anchoring member secured to said base portion, said anchoring member including a base layer and a vast number of resilient filamentary projections extending generally uniformly from the surface of the base layer facing away from said bulging portion and distributed over at least a substantial part of the area of said base layer for interengagement with hair adjacent the wearers scalp, the resilient filamentary projections preventing shifting of the foundation and being comfortable to the wearer despite pressure that might be applied to the foundation.
 1. A foundation for giving added bulk to a lady''s coiffure, including a form having a base portion adapted to rest on the wearer''s head the form being at least largely hollow and having a bulging portion on the base portion for supporting a covering layer of hair, the bulging portion diminishing in size outward of the base portion in one direction and in the direction transverse to said one direction, and an anchoring member secured to said base portion, said anchoring member including a base layer and a vast number of resilient filamentary projections extending generally uniformly from the surface of the base layer facing away from said bulging portion and distributed over at least a substantial part of the area of said base layer for interengagement with hair adjacent the wearers scalp, the resilient filamentary projections preventing shifting of the foundation and being comfortable to the wearer despite pressure that might be applied to the foundation.
 2. A foundation for giving added bulk to a lady''s coiffure, including a form having a base portion adapted to rest on the wearer''s head, the form being at least largely hollow and having a bulging portion on the base portion for supporting a covering layer of hair, and an anchoring member secured to said base portion, said anchoring member including a base layer and a vast number of resilient filamentary projections extending generally, uniformly from the surface of the base layer facing away from said bulging portion and distributed over at least a substantial part of the area of said base layer for interengagement with hair adjacent the wearer''s scalp, the resilient filamentary projections preventing shifting of the foundation and being comfortable to the wearer despite pressure that might be applied to the foundation, said base layer of said anchoriNg part being a flexible strip, said base portion of the form being a frame and said strip being secured at its ends to said frame, the strip being flexible and unsupported within said frame, so as to conform readily to the wearer''s head.
 3. A foundation in accordance with claim 2, wherein said base portion is an oval frame and said strip is secured to the ends of the oval frame.
 4. A foundation in accordance with claim 1, wherein said filamentary projections comprise innumerable synthetic plastic monofilamentary hooks for readily releasable retention in the wearer''s hair. 5 A foundation in accordance with claim 1, wherein said filamentary projections include innumerable monofilamentary hooks individually comprising a portion upstanding from said base layer and a free-ended portion extending laterally from said upstanding portion for readily releasable retention in the wearer''s hair.
 6. A foundation in accordance with claim 1, wherein said base layer of said anchoring member is a flexible strip, said base portion of the form being a frame and said strip being secured at its ends to said frame, the strip being flexible and being unsupported within said frame, so as to conform readily to the wearer''s head, said filamentary projections comprising innumerable synthetic plastic monofilamentary hooks for readily releasable retention in the wearer''s hair.
 7. A foundation in accordance with claim 2, wherein the transverse extent of said bulging portion is substantially as great as said base portion.
 8. A foundation in accordance with claim 1, wherein said bulging portion is arcuately curved away from the base portion in said one direction and in said direction transverse to said one direction. 